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Motorway: Funding, Investors & Team (Sep 2026)

With so many ways to sell your car, it can be overwhelming. At Motorway, we’re focused on building the best way. Our vision is to build a better car market for everyone. Transparent and straightforward in all that we do, our smart technology matches our customers’ cars with a nationwide network of verified dealers. This enables those dealers to buy vehicles direct from private sellers using our fully-online sales platform, with hundreds of cars successfully sold every day. Reducing time and effort on all sides, we help everyone get the right deal quickly. It all, just, works. In our first 4 years, we've helped over 2.5 million car owners value and sell their car. We've grown by over 100% year-on-year and the journey's just begun.

motorway.co.uk LinkedIn London, United Kingdom 101-250 employees
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Total raised
$292M
Rounds
3
Latest
Undisclosed round
Feb 2026

Motorway has raised $292M across 3 funding rounds on record, the most recent an undisclosed round of $34.2M announced in Feb 2026.

That round is above the $3.4M median round size for Commerce and Shopping companies tracked on FundedIQ over the last two years.

Motorway Company Profile and Key Stats

Total funding raised
$292M
across 3 rounds on record
Funding rounds on record
3
Latest funding round
Undisclosed round
$34.2M in Feb 2026
Employees
101-250
reported band
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom

Latest funding round on record: Feb 2026.

Motorway Funding Rounds

Date
Round
Amount
Undisclosed round
$34.2M
Series C
$190M
Undisclosed round
$67.7M

Motorway raised $67.7M in an undisclosed round announced in Jun 2021.

5 months later, a Series C of $190M was announced in Nov 2021.

4.3 years later, an undisclosed round of $34.2M was announced in Feb 2026.

Motorway Founders and Leadership Team

Name
Role
Contact
Tom Leathes
CEO
Locked

Contact details for the Motorway team: 1 of 1 has an email address on file.

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Motorway's latest round of $34.2M is above the median round in Commerce and Shopping. Medians cover the last 24 months of disclosed rounds.

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Motorway Funding FAQs

What does Motorway do?

With so many ways to sell your car, it can be overwhelming. At Motorway, we’re focused on building the best way. Our vision is to build a better car market for everyone. Transparent and straightforward in all that we do, our smart technology matches our customers’ cars with a nationwide network of verified dealers. This enables those dealers to buy vehicles direct from private sellers using our fully-online sales platform, with hundreds of cars successfully sold every day. Reducing time and effort on all sides, we help everyone get the right deal quickly. It all, just, works. In our first 4 years, we've helped over 2.5 million car owners value and sell their car. We've grown by over 100% year-on-year and the journey's just begun.

How much funding has Motorway raised?

Motorway has raised $292M across 3 rounds on record. The most recent is an undisclosed round of $34.2M announced in Feb 2026.

When did Motorway last raise funding?

Motorway's most recent funding round on record is an undisclosed round of $34.2M, announced in Feb 2026.

Who is the CEO of Motorway?

Tom Leathes is listed as CEO at Motorway.

Where is Motorway headquartered?

Motorway is based in London, England, United Kingdom.

How many employees does Motorway have?

Motorway is in the 101-250 employee band.

How does Motorway's funding compare to other Commerce and Shopping startups?

Motorway's latest round of $34.2M is above the $3.4M median round size for Commerce and Shopping companies on FundedIQ across 3,501 tracked companies over the last two years.

About FundedIQ's Motorway Funding Data

FundedIQ tracks announced funding rounds and refreshes this profile every week. Round dates, stages and amounts are normalised to a single format, converted to US dollars, and de-duplicated: two records of the same round announced days apart are merged, and two genuinely different rounds are kept apart on the amounts they disclose. Amounts shown are the disclosed figures only — a round announced without a number is listed and excluded from the total rather than estimated.

Employee counts are reported bands, not exact headcounts. Founder and executive names carry the job title on record. Anything we do not hold for Motorway is left off this page rather than filled in.

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